Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The Dodgers officially unveiled their new broadcast team for SportsNet LA today:

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Welcome back, Orel and Nomar! Welcome aboard, Alanna Rizzo! Orel will partner up with Charley Steiner for non-Vin games on SportsNet LA. Nomar will join Rick Monday on radio for those games (with the Steiner and Monday pairing continuing to take over radio in the 4th inning of Vin-called games). Rizzo will handle "sideline" duties on non-Vin games, as well as pre- and post-game coverage. Vin, of course, will continue to preside over games in California and Arizona.

While not shown in the video above, Jerry Hairston, Jr. and former ABC7 sports anchor John Hartung will also be on the SportsNet LA team.

Excited yet?

UPDATE WITH THOUGHTS: This is a HUGE upgrade all-around. Steiner and Monday will both benefit from working with new partners (and Steiner's weird fly ball calls will be easier to take when you can see the ball on TV). Orel will provide professional, relevant analysis that Steve Lyons never could. I haven't seen much of Nomar's TV work, but he's definitely personable and can probably tell a good story. I was a big fan of Alanna Rizzo's work on MLB Network. She speaks fluent Spanish and should develop a good rapport with the players she'll be interviewing. (Plus, yes, she's cute, and we're shallow like that around here.)

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This should work well. I can see Orel being around for a long time, maybe for when Vin finally unplugs his mic. I bet Nomar is only around for a few years though. He's bigger than a radio guy. He'll want to get back to TV at some point

I think I might even be able get this if I buy Time Warner's ExtraSuperBonusSports™ package. Talking to a credible source, I would get everything, including pre and post game stuff. Well everything except the actual games. I would still need MLB.tv or Extra Innings to get that. But I would be interested in watching the old games they plan on showing